Belt buckle



- Dec. 14,1926. 1,610,237

n .1. v. BELLI BELT BUCKLE Filed March 29, 152e (h lll 1. lnlfe l l il', fnl" I r ATTORNEYS YwITrJEssb-.s4 lNvENToR AA l .Imaam SYM y. under' the plate.

Patented Dec. 14.,` 1926.

JQHN'V. BELL1",V0 E,CLIET0N, NEW JERSEY.` f

" fiipfnieatio'n'sieamarhjzsQiege. serial No. 98,348.

ton or claspv upon the'trousers' of a wearer 'in such a manner that circumferential movement, of the'belt, as well as vertical movement of the buckle is prevented, and the buckle will always be retained in properly centered position at the front of the waistband of. a pair-'of trousers.` f y A further object ofr the invention 'is to provide a unique mechanism which serves beth` to clamp the anchored yend'of' the belt,

end thereof.

ther objects of the invention arerto proi vide af beltfjbuckle embodying fthe, above `noted features', which' will be lof simple, practical construction, rugged, durable 'and eliicient in use, capable of vready attachment to the ancho-red end of a belt adapted to securely and conveniently clamp the free end of a belt, a buckle which willbe of attractive appearance, and one which may be manufactured with comparative economy.

With the above noted and other' objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of constructionand combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and pointedY out in the claim. The linvention .may be more fully understood from the following Vdescription in connection with ythe accom-v panying drawings, wherein#- f Y Fig. 1V isa view in` longitudinalsection through abuckle embodying the present invention showing the same-engaged with a belt. The dotted linesV in thisv figure indi-- l catev a pair of trousers and a button thereon 4 p engaged bythe buckle.

e f Fig. 2 is a view 1n rear elevation ofthe buckle with thebelt straps attached.

Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of the two co-operating clampingy elements. Fig. 5 is avview in side elevation of the assembled clamping elements showing them in position to yreceive the end of the strap to be anchored. f

the invention' is toy provide" and to'adjustably secure'the runningy or free AIn the drawings I have used the reference character 10 to indicate the belt plate or' body formed with the 'usual angularly disposed lateralfflanges*y 11 which co-operate with the/plate to define abeltreceiving channel. The end of the belt to be anchor- 'ed has vbeen indicated/by fthe *reference*V character 12, and the free or running end thereof by the reference character 13.

v Afeature of the invention is the provision of a pair of co-operating clamping elements illustrated in Figsg and 4, and designated generally by the reference numerals 14and 15. It will be noted that the clamping mem-. ber 14 includesa front plate'portion 14a lformed with a ypairfof side flanges .16. The l flanges at one end are formed with projecting plate 14a, the ears 17 receiving a pivot bar 18 extending transverselyl underfthe plate 10 and fmounted 'in the flanges k11. l N ear Vvits other corner, and `spaceda greater distance from the plate 14a' than the openings in-Ythe adapted 'to' receive Vtru'nnio'ns 2O on the 'clamping'element-l. I, I I. It will 'benoted that thefclamp'ing element 15 is als() inthe nature of "a'plate vwhich is ,transversely,compoundly curved, defining a l'substantially flat intermediate',v 'portion 21 apertured ears`1'7 which extend beyond the.

ears 17,are ya pairof v'aligned' openings 19V w se I carrying at one end the trunnions. An angularly disposed set of teeth or'spurs 22are turned down fromthe corner of the plate 21 adjacent the trunnions,'and the other edgel of the plate 21 curves into anfoppositely facing tail piece 23 formed with a bevelled biting edge 24.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated the member 15 swungv to propergpositionto receive the anchored end 12 of the belt, and in ythis figure it willbe noted'that ythe member 15 has been swung through approximately 180, so that the; teeth 22 are turned'away from the plate 14a, and permit the free insertion of the `belt end 12'between thel members 14 and 15. In order to permit such swinging movement of the member 15, itis necessary to Vswing the member 14 on its pivot 18 sov that the member 15 may swing clear of the belt plate. Y 5

Having inserted the belt end, the member Y 15 is swung tothe position of Fig. 1, thereby' rotating the teeth 22 into biting engagementy with the end of the belt 12. As, the belt is placed about the body of a wearer, the free end 13 thereof is inserted under the plate'lO andpassed betweenv the 'plate and the tail` r23 to swing the clamping unit on the Vend 13 of the belt, however, simply serves to bring the clamping unit into firmer'y engagement therewith, and to clamp the free end lirmly between the clamping unit'and the under face of the plate 10. This will be f apparent from F ig. 1 wherein it will be noted that` attempted movement of the belt end 18 to the left, will act on the tail piece pivot 18 toward the under face of the plate 10. Or

in other words, into clamping engagement with the belt end 13. Thus, in order to release the end 13 of the belt, it is necessary to manually swing the clampingunit 14, away from' the plate 10 rand withdraw the `end of the belt. y l

Another feature ofthe invention is the provision of means forengaging a button on the trousers or waistband of a garment to prevent either vertical or circumferential movement of the belt. I have illustrated Vmeans for accomplishing this purpose, which includes a flat transverse bar formed with cars 26 pivoted on 'studs 27 carried by the flanges 11 of the buckle plate. A Integral with the bar 25 are a pair of fingers 28 adapted to .embrace a button indicated in dotted lines at 29 as attached to a garment `30. It will be noted that the length of the fingers29 is such that they engage with the pivot bar 18. lThe manner of use of the button engaging member 25, 28 is to swing it on its pivots 27, move the fingers 28 into button embracing position,

and then manually effect relative pivotal movement of the member 25, 28 and the belt plate' 10 until the free ends of the fingers 28 engage the .pivot bar 18. Vertical movement of the belt will then be limited by the fingers 28, and circumferential movement thereof, bythe ldistanoebetween the bar 18 andthe inner end of the slot 28a defined by fingers 28.V

It will also be V apparent that instead of engagi-ng a button, the buckle Ymight be readily engaged with a clasp on a pair offtrousers `or-under one of the flaps of the fly.

While I have illustrated one of the preferred embodiments of the invention, various changes and alterations might be made in the general form and varrangement of parts describedY without vdepfarting from the invention. Hence I do knot wish to limit myself to the details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make such changes and al- Y terations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope ofk the appended claim.

I claim: Y A beltbuckle including a buckle plate and flanges thereon, a cross bar pivoted between the flanges and carrying fingers adapted tor straddle a button or the like on Va garment,

and a second bar under the buckle'plate co-k acting with the fingers to prevent kretraction of such button from the -end of the slot definedy by thefingers.

JOHN v. BELLI. 

